Sharjah toddler falls to death from 11th floor

Deaths of people falling from Sharjah residential towers in recent years seems to continue, with another death yesterday, despite attempts by authorities to stem the trend of deadly falls from unlocked windows and open balconies.

In the most recent fatality, a three-year-old Saudi girl fell to her death from the eleventh floor of a building on Jamal Abdul Nasser street in Sharjah after midnight on Saturday, a Sharjah Police official told Gulf News on Sunday.

The girl, identified as G.B.Y., climbed on a chair next to a window, slipped and fell through, the police said.

Sharjah police attributed the girl’s death to negligence.

The girl’s mother found the window of the living room open and her daughter missing. She then looked out of the window and saw her daughter lying motionless on the ground below and people gathering around her

Police received a call at 1am reporting the incident and paramedics moved to the scene of the incident and found the girl already dead.

The girl had died on the spot and her body was taken to Al Qassimi hospital around 1.35am then forwarded to a forensic laboratory. Al Buhairah police station is investigating the case. Police said they will summon the parents for questioning.

Police investigation revealed that the girl climbed on a chair while family members were busy and did not notice the girl. Sharjah Police have repeatedly warned parents not to leave their children unattended at home and to instruct housemaids to keep a close watch on them.

Also, police have launched campaigns urging parents not to leave furniture items under windows or on balconies.

On Sunday, the police again urged the public to regularly lock windows and to place aluminium barriers to prevent children from falling

source : gulfnews